What are our rights playing the drums?

Jhoney_2

Towser wrote: »

I wondered where all the animosity in this thread was coming from.

We live in the country with fields but a Cul-de-sac with semi-detached houses. Again I wondered where all the animosity in this thread was coming from. People seem to have made all kinds of assumptions.

Oh dear.

No animosity OP, just incredulity based on your own posts - perhaps badly worded, but very much the inference to be drawn. You have an assumption that your post has been replied to with animosity but I would bet the opposite is true.

No matter, all things being equal, what do you think you will do now, based on what you have read and researched?

I think a sound proof shed where you can all practice/rehearse and enrich your son's experience is the best long term solution - especially if the garden backs onto fields.

borkid

Towser wrote: »

We live in the country with fields but a Cul-de-sac with semi-detached houses. Again I wondered where all the animosity in this thread was coming from. People seem to have made all kinds of assumptions.

Oh dear.

Same position as someone in my village. I could hear the drums even though we were in the next cul de sac as could my neighbour. Her child was 9 as well, when her neighbour went around to mention it she became quite confrontational and rude. He backed down but her MIL found out and soon sorted it. The child doesn't play when the neighbours are in. In fact we hardly hear them I think the novelty has worn off.

chris_m

Towser wrote: »

I wondered where all the animosity in this thread was coming from.

I think that you'll find that your perceived animosity in this thread is as nothing compared to that you'll get if you pi$$ off your neighbours.

Do yourself (and them) a favour by going round to discuss it with them amicably and establish some mutually acceptable ground rules before they are driven to complain.

bigfreddiel

Let's look at it this way, I belong to a Led Zep tribute band, I live in a semi, and we practice every day for fours hour on and off.

Of course we stop dead on 7pm

Would you and your autistic child be happy?

Cheers fj

bigfreddiel

My hobby is vintage motorbikes, I rebuild them and test the engines throughout the day. Of course I stop at 7 pm, but before then I run the engines, sometimes without an exhaust for test purposes.

Surely you and your autistic child wouldn't complain!

Cheers fj

bigfreddiel

I also build model airplanes, they use pulse jets that need testing, only 120 db, surely you couldn't complain, after all it is my hobby and I enjoy it!

Cheers fj

bigfreddiel

I enjoy playing at being a DJ so I play louds of punk songs and other material as tho I was trying to fill the O2 with sound, I cannot believe anyone would not enjoy my voice of music, okay with that?

fj

xylophone

If a feature of your son's autism were hypersensitivity to sound, how would you feel about a drum playing neighbour, particularly one who felt that the people next door needed "punishing"?

chris_m

bigfreddiel wrote: »

Let's look at it this way, I belong to a Led Zep tribute band, I live in a semi, and we practice every day for fours hour on and off.
Of course we stop dead on 7pm
Would you and your autistic child be happy?

Depends on whether you're any good or not

auldblerk

xylophone wrote: »

If a feature of your son's autism were hypersensitivity to sound, how would you feel about a drum playing neighbour, particularly one who felt that the people next door needed "punishing"?

I mentioned you in an earlier post but he/she didn't heed my advice, I'm beginning to come to the conclusion it's not heeding anybody's advice here.
Let's hope he's not trying to 'play' you (ok it's corny but couldn"t resist :rotfl:)